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Book Features Queer Fashion

In “dapperQ Style: Ungendering Fashion,” Queer Style Is Centered and Celebrated

Our bodies deserve exuberant fabrics and innovative design and can highlight beautiful parts of what society typically erases.

dapperq May 23, 2023 7 Comments
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Friendship

You Need Help: Should I Ask My Friend on a Date Even if I Think She’ll Say No?

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LGBT Pride Playlists

Countdown to Pride: 100 Songs To Get You Ready for Running Into All Your Exes Next Month

Get angry, get horny, get introspective!

Julie Gentile May 23, 2023 14 Comments
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Parenting & Family

Queer Mom Chronicles: Why Is Bedtime Such a Battle?

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Sa'iyda Shabazz May 22, 2023 9 Comments
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LGBT Book Reviews

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Heather Hogan May 22, 2023 1 Comment
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Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Cherelle and Brittney Griner Smooch on ESPN in Triumphant WNBA Return

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Heather Hogan May 22, 2023 3 Comments
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How to Masturbate When You’re Sexually Repressed

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Tara T May 22, 2023 3 Comments
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LGBT Pride

Countdown to Pride: Okay Gays, What Flannels Are We Tying Around Our Waists This Year?

For the first time ever here at Autostraddle, we’re COUNTING DOWN to Pride!

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Mini Crossword Wants to Believe

Q: If two’s company, and three’s a crowd, what’s four and five?

Kelly Nguyen Dickson May 22, 2023 12 Comments
Quizzes

Quiz: Who’s Your Video Game Girlfriend?

In honor of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, let’s get you a video game girlfriend!

Heather Hogan May 21, 2023 23 Comments
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Astrology, Tarot & Witchcraft

Queer Tarotscopes for Gemini Season 2023: What Are You Learning About Who You Are?

Gemini is a curious and playful sign, one that wants to discover and share as much information as possible.

meg May 21, 2023 6 Comments
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Movie Reviews

“The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future” Presents a Radical Vision

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Drew Burnett Gregory May 20, 2023 3 Comments
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Webcomics

Baopu #112: Grieving Is Hard

Why can’t it be just happiness all the time?

Yao Xiao May 20, 2023 7 Comments
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TV Show Recaps

‘Marvelous Mrs Maisel’ Explicitly Confirms That Susie Is Gay Just in Time for the Show To End

It has taken us many episodes and many teases and many suggestions and many dances around the topic and undesired trips to lesbian bars but in Season Five we at last got confirmation that Susie is gay.

Riese May 19, 2023 15 Comments
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TV Show Recaps

Boobs on Your Tube: Grey’s Anatomy Brings Back Sapphic Smooching!

Plus updates on All American, Good Trouble, Saint X, and Station 19!

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May 19, 2023 9 Comments
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Sou Sou Things: My Queer Caribbean Community Saves Money & Each Other

Even though we may struggle, as long as one of us has — all of us will have.

Amy Li Baksh May 19, 2023 6 Comments
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TV Reviews

Aisha Tyler Plays Gay Again in “The Last Thing He Told Me”

Aisha Tyler plays Jennifer Garner’s gay best friend in an Apple TV+ miniseries about deception and family.

Valerie Anne May 19, 2023 1 Comment
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